Viacom 18

Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Limited

Type	Joint venture
Industry	Television
Founded	November 2007
Headquarters	Mumbai , India [1]
Key people	Sudhanshu Vats (CEO)
Owners	TV18 (51%) ViacomCBS (49%)
Subsidiaries	Viacom18 US Viacom18 Media Roptanol The Indian Film Company[2] Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Website	Viacom18.com

Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Limited is an Indian joint venture operation between ViacomCBS and TV18 based in Mumbai .^[3] It was founded in November 2007 and owns various channels of ViacomCBS, as well as various consumer products in India .

In January 2010, Viacom 18 went international with the launch of Colors in the United States. The channel is called "Aapka Colors". In July 2010, it got into 50/50 distribution joint venture with Sun Network to form Sun 18.^[4] In December 2011, Viacom 18 launched Nickelodeon Sonic, targeting young adults.^[5] The company also owns Viacom18 Motion Pictures. On 31 January 2018, TV18 announced its acquisition of Viacom's majority in the joint venture, taking operational control and leaving Viacom with minority interest.^[6] On 1 October 2019, Viacom 18 launched Colors HD in Malaysia on Astro Malaysia; every serial will be served with Malay and English subtitles.^{[citation needed]}

Brands

Channels

Digital

• Voot

See also

• List of programs broadcast by Colors
• ViacomCBS International Media Networks

References

External links

• Official Site

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